Kokova Magazine

It is always a proud moment when a family business welcomes a new member - so welcoming a 6th generation family member must be a very special occasion. Since June 1847, five generations of the Booths family have led E.H. Booth & Co. Ltd from modest beginnings, with just one small shop in Blackpool, to the present day where the company trades 28 stores across Lancashire, Cumbria, Yorkshire and Greater Manchester and will open its 29th store in Milnthorpe in November. The family owned and operated Lancashire based retailer Booths now welcomes the 6th generation of Booth into the family business.

First Choice has launched a new interactive destination tool aimed at younger travellers and animal enthusiasts, focusing on wildlife around the world.

For most people The UK RumFest is the ultimate rum experience - for rum drinkers, rum aficionados and rum lovers to sample the music, the food, the partying and people associated with drinking rum. But this year was it more party than appreciation - and does the serious side of rum still have a place within the carnival atmosphere that was RumFest 2012...

When we were invited to attend Choc Tales, a pairing of chocolates and cocktails, we didn’t need much persuading to visit Dean Street for this première event, in celebration of Chocolate Week. And with Cocktail Week claiming the same calendar dates Choc Tales is the perfect way to honour both events.

British rose veal has already won the ethical stamp of approval from the RSPCA and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) but it remains a niche market in the UK, just 0.1% of the meat we consume each year. John Penny & Sons have launched a new national campaign, The Meat Crusade.

The Chocolate Festival returns to London's Southbank Centre from the 7th - 9th December 2012. Like the very best Advent calendars, The Chocolate Festival will be packed full of surprises, gifts and chocolates. Exhibitors include Rococo, Valrhona, Original Beans, William Curley, Damian Allsop, Paul Wayne Gregory, Sir Hans Sloane, Paul A Young, L'Artisan Du Chocolat and many more.